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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 110 

To rescind funds made available to the Administrator of the Environmental 

Protection Agency if the Administrator fails to meet certain deadlines. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 7, 2015 

Mr. HELLER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

A BILL 

To rescind funds made available to the Administrator of 

the Environmental Protection Agency if the Administrator fails to meet certain deadlines. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Environmental Protec5 tion Agency Accountability Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INTERIM ASSESSMENT OF REGULATORY REQUIRE7 MENTS AND APPLICABLE PENALTIES. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

9 date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 

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1 tion as the ‘‘Administrator’’) shall ensure that the require2 ments described in subsection (b) are satisfied. 

3 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator shall sat4 isfy— 

5 (1) section 4 of Executive Order 12866 (5 

6 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to regulatory planning and 

7 review) and Executive Order 13563 (5 U.S.C. 601 

8 note; relating to improving regulation and regulatory 

9 review) (or any successor Executive order estab10 lishing requirements applicable to the uniform re11 porting of regulatory and deregulatory agendas); 

12 (2) section 602 of title 5, United States Code; 

13 (3) section 8 of Executive Order 13132 (5 

14 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to federalism); and 

15 (4) section 202(a) of the Unfunded Mandates 

16 Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1532(a)). 

17 (c) FINANCIAL PENALTY PROVISIONS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), if 

19 the Comptroller General of the United States deter20 mines that the Administrator fails to satisfy any re21 quirement described in subsection (b), an amount of 

22 funding equal to $20,000 per week shall be re23 scinded from the Office of the Administrator, and 

24 once each week thereafter until all the requirements 

25 are satisfied. 


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1 (2) LIMITATIONS.— 

2 (A) 1 DAY GRACE PERIOD.—Paragraph (1) 

3 shall not apply if each requirement listed in 

4 subsection (b) is satisfied not later than 1 day 

5 after the deadline for the requirement. 

6 (B) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF RESCINDED

7 FUNDS.—No rescission of funds under para8 graph (1) shall exceed, in any fiscal year, an 

9 amount equal to 7 percent of the funds made 

10 available to the Office of the Administrator. 

11 (3) AUDITS.—In any fiscal year in which any 

12 funds are rescinded from the Administrator pursu13 ant to this Act, the Inspector General of the Envi14 ronmental Protection Agency shall— 

15 (A) conduct an audit to assess compliance 

16 with this Act; and 

17 (B) not later than 120 days after the end 

18 of the fiscal year during which any funds are 

19 rescinded under paragraph (1), submit to the 

20 Committee on Environment and Public Works 

21 of the Senate, the Committee on Transportation 

22 and Infrastructure of the House of Representa23 tives, the Committee on Appropriations of the 

24 Senate, and the Committee on Appropriations 

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1 scribing the reasons why the funds were re2 scinded, including allocations of resources. 

3 (4) EFFECT OF ACT.—Nothing in this Act af4 fects or limits the application of or obligation to 

5 comply with any Federal, State, local, or tribal law. 

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